Example sentences of "[pron] look the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Do I look the type ? ’ |
| 2 | Everywhere I looked the Government was involved . |
| 3 | At least I looked the same in one way . |
| 4 | They both wore bemused , slightly stunned expressions and I am pretty sure I looked the same . |
| 5 | Cos I looked the other day . |
| 6 | ‘ She looks the image of Mother . ’ |
| 7 | She looks the type who 'd enjoy letting the police in . ’ |
| 8 | She looks the part and no doubt would enjoy every minute of it . ’ |
| 9 | No she looks the same . |
| 10 | It , it does look quite strange , the library itself looks the strangest with it 's sandbags over the door . |
| 11 | ‘ I did it because I wanted to make you look the way you do now . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ The aim is to make you look the best and capture it on film . ’ |
| 13 | The cleaner and better groomed you look the greater will be the impression of efficiency and being in command of the situation which you give to the interviewer . |
| 14 | You look the model for all virginal brides , and I 'm beginning to wish I 'd let that awful shroud remain in your case . ’ |
| 15 | ’ Archie , you look the soul of respectability . |
| 16 | ‘ If you look the way the snow falls , ’ he said hesitantly , ‘ you can see the air conditioning is blowing it this way , ’ he pointed , ‘ so it piles up more on this side of things than that side . |
| 17 | Women tend to look for three to four things , your shoes , your fingernails , ties and socks , okay so make sure you look the part . |
| 18 | When you look at , when you look at the some , all these , a lot of these composers and artists who died long ago and you look the birth range there 's a hell of a lot at seventy five , seventy six |
| 19 | ‘ Oh yes , it did , ’ said Lili , ‘ though , mind you , I think it highly unlikely that anyone would tell you on your wedding day that you looked the most frightful frump — not , ’ she added hastily , ‘ that you did . |
| 20 | She looked the same as before . |
| 21 | She looked the possible winner a furlong from home , but faded near the finish as the task of conceding so much weight told . |
| 22 | She looked the same as usual ; untidy , a hole in her coat where she 'd caught it on a hook in the yard . |
| 23 | She could easily have noble blood , she looked the sort . |
| 24 | It seemed to Sam that she looked the tall girl over very intently during those few moments , but then most people looked twice at Evelyn , not because she was especially beautiful but she had a kind of composure unusual in a street girl . |
| 25 | She looked the epitome of elegance and good taste , with the confidence of a woman who knows she is beautiful . |
| 26 | That morning they parted under the trees , he never took her all the way to the gates , that would only have made things worse , that morning she looked the way she always looked , rings under her eyes and her whole body braced for the ordeal that lay ahead , how hard it was to leave her always , maybe that was why they always drew the parting out , sometimes it took minutes , just the saying goodbye , they backed away from each other , then stopped and called something out , then backed away again , they called out special words that they 'd made up , words to fill the distance between them , words for the things they could n't say , they backed away till he was under the trees or she was through the gates , whichever happened first , she looked the same way she always looked that morning , except for one thing , she had a clock tucked under her arm , the clock they 'd found together , the clock that did n't tick , the lonely clock . |
| 27 | That morning they parted under the trees , he never took her all the way to the gates , that would only have made things worse , that morning she looked the way she always looked , rings under her eyes and her whole body braced for the ordeal that lay ahead , how hard it was to leave her always , maybe that was why they always drew the parting out , sometimes it took minutes , just the saying goodbye , they backed away from each other , then stopped and called something out , then backed away again , they called out special words that they 'd made up , words to fill the distance between them , words for the things they could n't say , they backed away till he was under the trees or she was through the gates , whichever happened first , she looked the same way she always looked that morning , except for one thing , she had a clock tucked under her arm , the clock they 'd found together , the clock that did n't tick , the lonely clock . |
| 28 | He would have recognized her from her strong resemblance to her brother , although she looked the elder by some years . |
| 29 | She looked the sort of girl who is so often a trademark of California — a girl who could dance all night , yet play tennis or golf , ride or swim the next day without the slightest effort . |
| 30 | In her designer tracksuit of vivid mauve and gold , her Reebok bumpers and man 's leather flying jacket , she looked the complete opposite of her parents ' idea of dressed up . |